Nilometer

/ naɪˈlɒmɪtə /

noun

1. archaic.
   a graduated pillar by which the rise and fall of the Nile can be measured

Example Sentences

All these things were regulated by the indications of the Nilometer.

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The river should rise to this height upon the Nilometer at Cairo if there is to be a "good Nile."

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Not far from the spot mentioned above is the famous Nilometer that Moses looked upon many a time.

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A few days later an anxious crowd gathered to see the water mark on the Nilometer begin to come up.

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The old Nilometer, for measuring the depths29 of the Nile, which was erected in 716, is of interest.

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